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Species related to Lythrypnus crocodilus: [ 1 ] record

crocodilus, Leptophilypnus Beebe [W.] & Tee-Van [J.] 1928:219, Fig. [Zoologica, Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society v. 10 (no. 1); ref. 15836] Lamentin Reef, Port-au-Prince Bay, Haiti, West Indies. Holotype (unique): USNM 170905 [ex NYZS 7467]. Type catalog: Mead 1958:133 [ref. 20648]. •Valid as Lythrypnus crocodilus (Beebe & Tee-Van 1928) -- (Böhlke & Robins 1960:85 [ref. 11896], Greenfield 1988:465 [ref. 6413], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1794 [ref. 27111], Smith et al. 2003:63 [ref. 27621], Van Tassell 2011:141 [ref. 31732], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:79 [ref. 33341], Parenti 2021:195 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Lythrypnus crocodilus (Beebe & Tee-Van 1928). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Caribbean Sea. Habitat: marine.